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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
May. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Verisign, Inc., Reston, VA (US);
Inventor:
Phillip Martin Hallam-Baker, Medford, MA (US);
Assignee:
VERISIGN, INC., Reston, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 12/585 (2013.01); H04L 51/12 (2013.01); H04L 65/1079 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for controlling a message from a sender. A referee can evaluate a credential associated with a message to determine its desirability to the intended recipient, and take an action based upon the results of the determination. A sender that includes a trusted component can send a credential with the message, and the message can be controlled without a referee.